Day 11 - Party Poopers

3 things are ruining a very promising test match -
1) The rain. Intermittent showers played havoc with the game. The ground staff did a fantastic job of getting in as much play as possible, but we probably lost about 15 - 20 overs to rain through the day.

2) The Umpires - Both, Mark Benson as well as Steve Bucknor have had very bad games. Two clear caught behind appeals were turned down. One of Symonds in the first innings. Hussey in this one. Both, game changing decisions. It's possible India would have won in 4 days had these been given out.

3) The Aussies - In a surprising turn of events, just when everyone was expecting our hosts to step on the accelerator and put up a challenging target for India while giving themselves enough time to bowl us out, they clam up and play very defensive cricket. Almost like they were playing for a draw. Very un-Aussie.

Hopefully it won't rain tomorrow, the umps stay in line and the Aussie's start to make more of a game out of this!